Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 2003 Year-to-Date Num of Struc- tures With 3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More or More Abilene* TX MSA 48 44 4 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 169 133 4 0 32 4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 465 319 2 36 108 3 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1627 1562 0 27 38 1 Alexandria* LA MSA 164 160 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 439 378 0 11 50 5 Altoona* PA MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 160 158 2 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 323 154 88 7 74 11 Anniston* AL MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 480 321 14 7 138 9 Asheville* NC MSA 345 322 14 9 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 651 345 12 0 294 12 Atlanta GA MSA 14873 12361 58 201 2253 68 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 263 92 30 22 119 8 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 1054 830 0 0 224 6 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 2224 1724 54 87 359 35 Bakersfield* CA MSA 1192 1128 60 4 0 0 Bangor* ME MSA 50 48 2 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 141 141 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 389 385 0 4 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 127 115 4 0 8 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 376 271 10 3 92 7 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 140 114 2 0 24 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 710 526 10 12 162 1 Binghamton* NY MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 1261 1261 0 0 0 0 Bismarck* ND MSA 68 64 0 4 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 263 112 6 11 134 13 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 457 189 6 16 246 17 Boise City* ID MSA 1576 1328 16 46 186 9 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 3194 2277 196 95 626 41 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1299 849 118 39 293 23 Brockton MA PMSA 350 102 0 3 245 5 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 88 88 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 260 174 36 11 39 4 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 140 108 4 12 16 3 Manchester NH PMSA 152 148 4 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 143 136 2 0 5 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 327 274 24 9 20 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 332 295 8 21 8 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 671 638 14 11 8 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 569 279 22 0 268 25 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 427 293 10 4 120 11 Burlington* VT MSA 127 107 4 7 9 1 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 222 202 14 6 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 299 139 2 24 134 8 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 112 79 0 3 30 1 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1292 1229 2 20 41 6 Charleston* WV MSA 54 54 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 4844 4092 44 12 696 38 Charlottesville* VA MSA 570 259 4 4 303 11 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 648 568 18 24 38 5 Cheyenne* WY MSA 93 87 0 0 6 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 8593 6543 98 264 1688 74 Chicago IL PMSA 7721 5847 58 240 1576 69 Gary IN PMSA 508 426 26 20 36 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 128 118 6 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 236 152 8 0 76 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 329 310 0 14 5 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 2554 2209 12 97 236 27 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2064 1747 12 77 228 26 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 490 462 0 20 8 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 297 272 0 9 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1891 1757 20 38 76 8 Akron OH PMSA 570 502 12 28 28 3 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 1321 1255 8 10 48 5 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1226 1065 8 4 149 9 Columbia* MO MSA 350 271 68 0 11 1 Columbia* SC MSA 1116 1053 0 3 60 8 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 474 382 6 64 22 3 Columbus OH MSA 2843 2450 32 118 243 16 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 355 269 12 8 66 8 Corvallis OR MSA* 64 62 2 0 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 11575 9330 64 236 1945 122 Dallas TX PMSA 7720 6146 34 208 1332 62 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 3855 3184 30 28 613 60 Danville* VA MSA 77 59 2 16 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 121 113 0 0 8 1 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 567 517 6 20 24 4 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 2078 1838 100 8 132 11 Decatur* Al MSA 102 102 0 0 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 5165 4130 66 158 811 62 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 520 307 12 4 197 12 Denver CO PMSA 3744 2969 38 131 606 49 Greeley CO PMSA 901 854 16 23 8 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 987 660 8 16 303 30 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 4625 3730 46 53 796 55 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1035 836 2 0 197 17 Detroit MI PMSA 3210 2586 42 53 529 32 Flint MI PMSA 380 308 2 0 70 6 Dothan* AL MSA 104 104 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 316 296 0 8 12 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 51 49 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 74 67 4 3 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 75 65 0 0 10 1 El Paso* TX MSA 850 822 6 12 10 2 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 201 187 4 0 10 2 Elmira* NY MSA 11 8 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 14 11 0 3 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 85 58 0 16 11 1 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 363 319 24 6 14 2 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 324 314 6 4 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 172 63 0 0 109 3 Fayetteville* NC MSA 336 265 0 3 68 3 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1043 499 54 11 479 32 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 156 137 16 3 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 15 13 2 0 0 0 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 703 510 28 40 125 19 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 3445 1914 200 157 1174 65 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 1039 871 2 32 134 6 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 101 81 16 4 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 544 361 2 12 169 10 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 493 487 2 4 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 1590 1271 12 59 248 30 Gadsden* AL MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 431 233 0 0 198 6 Glens Falls* NY MSA 78 72 6 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 114 114 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 344 319 16 4 5 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1329 1167 34 69 59 10 Great Falls* MT MSA 32 24 0 3 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 289 184 14 0 91 7 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1918 1820 10 8 80 6 Greenville* NC MSA 278 178 28 0 72 3 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1913 1685 32 0 196 10 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 360 355 0 0 5 1 Hartford* CT MSA 707 538 16 14 139 7 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 18 16 2 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 381 295 10 0 76 5 Honolulu HI MSA 915 525 12 0 378 16 Houma* LA MSA 180 180 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 14852 9407 32 52 5361 286 Brazoria TX PMSA 672 672 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 848 638 18 0 192 9 Houston TX PMSA 13332 8097 14 52 5169 277 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 474 282 4 12 176 13 Indianapolis IN MSA 3166 2698 64 39 365 32 Iowa City* IA MSA 160 104 0 4 52 5 Jackson* MI MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 677 625 4 24 24 4 Jackson* TN MSA 285 145 0 4 136 17 Jacksonville FL MSA 3049 2851 2 3 193 7 Jacksonville* NC MSA 204 204 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 92 47 4 11 30 3 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 308 245 4 12 47 6 Johnstown* PA MSA 9 6 0 3 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 101 97 4 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 294 255 6 21 12 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 3152 2529 86 84 453 44 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 438 332 14 68 24 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 847 758 28 21 40 4 Kokomo* IN MSA 46 40 6 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 54 41 6 7 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 321 321 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 144 105 12 3 24 1 Lake Charles* LA MSA 210 196 2 0 12 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1449 1201 32 0 216 9 Lancaster* PA MSA 300 220 0 4 76 8 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 310 272 6 0 32 4 Laredo* TX MSA 463 396 0 7 60 6 Las Cruces* NM MSA 711 253 0 4 454 43 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 9544 6853 72 51 2568 196 Lawrence* KS MSA 146 119 20 7 0 0 Lawton* OK MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 886 859 22 0 5 1 Lima* OH MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 349 289 14 0 46 3 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 891 726 6 3 156 6 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 58 56 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 18966 13584 164 400 4818 285 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 4728 2335 94 131 2168 106 Orange County CA PMSA 2824 1424 34 108 1258 84 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 10426 9209 36 161 1020 78 Ventura CA PMSA 988 616 0 0 372 17 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1776 1312 10 40 414 37 Lubbock* TX MSA 772 327 38 27 380 24 Lynchburg* VA MSA 267 261 2 4 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 962 539 34 9 380 39 Madison* WI MSA 1138 529 50 46 513 21 Mansfield* OH MSA 60 56 0 4 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1547 1294 18 72 163 14 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 555 451 8 10 86 5 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1394 1267 4 3 120 5 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1884 1776 10 0 98 2 Merced* CA MSA 472 472 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 4735 2909 46 437 1343 104 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1995 1286 12 148 549 34 Miami FL PMSA 2740 1623 34 289 794 70 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1850 1013 58 63 716 19 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1644 836 52 60 696 16 Racine WI PMSA 206 177 6 3 20 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 4828 3627 72 108 1021 41 Missoula* MT MSA 323 110 36 7 170 6 Mobile* AL MSA 1351 959 10 8 374 22 Modesto* CA MSA 814 798 8 3 5 1 Monroe* LA MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 414 374 0 0 40 5 Muncie* IN MSA 67 47 8 0 12 2 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1029 679 2 8 340 17 Naples* FL MSA 1752 848 22 24 858 49 Nashville TN MSA 2754 2608 18 19 109 12 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 171 164 4 3 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 1134 1079 18 6 31 3 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 10884 4946 1722 887 3329 151 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 393 270 46 4 73 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 140 134 6 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 112 105 4 3 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 197 164 0 3 30 3 Jersey City NJ PMSA 223 6 78 9 130 9 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 673 612 8 19 34 5 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1692 1222 12 6 452 11 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 794 682 58 27 27 5 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 157 117 6 34 0 0 New York NY PMSA 4596 546 1190 702 2158 69 Newark NJ PMSA 938 413 306 70 149 9 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 371 296 0 7 68 10 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 321 114 4 0 203 26 Trenton NJ PMSA 205 195 2 3 5 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2457 1957 16 8 476 20 Ocala* FL MSA 1435 1391 2 14 28 4 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 98 98 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 2062 1549 8 4 501 24 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 954 879 12 0 63 1 Orlando FL MSA 5986 4760 40 4 1182 60 Owensboro* KY MSA 136 132 4 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 1135 290 2 0 843 6 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 1093 856 34 3 200 7 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 199 151 4 4 40 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5392 3863 132 39 1358 64 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 868 741 94 11 22 4 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3813 2462 30 28 1293 54 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 60 56 4 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 651 604 4 0 43 6 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 10685 9886 30 45 724 28 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 72 22 2 0 48 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1317 947 32 49 289 23 Pittsfield* MA MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 278 224 14 26 14 2 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 4555 3097 84 74 1300 95 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 3854 2661 54 42 1097 77 Salem OR PMSA 701 436 30 32 203 18 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 405 362 18 10 15 2 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 844 514 28 10 292 9 Pueblo* CO MSA 310 262 20 28 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 430 402 6 11 11 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 3946 3052 32 22 840 48 Rapid City* SD MSA 121 111 10 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 165 153 4 3 5 1 Redding* CA MSA 299 255 4 7 33 5 Reno* NV MSA 977 846 2 3 126 6 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 393 348 2 15 28 4 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1933 1614 2 48 269 39 Roanoke* VA MSA 259 241 6 0 12 1 Rochester* MN MSA 228 216 0 4 8 1 Rochester* NY MSA 386 306 4 0 76 4 Rockford* IL MSA 396 375 10 11 0 0 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 172 110 30 32 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 4862 4507 20 0 335 34 Sacramento CA PMSA 4429 4206 20 0 203 28 Yolo CA PMSA 433 301 0 0 132 6 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 115 73 2 12 28 4 St. Cloud* MN MSA 125 121 0 4 0 0 St. Joseph* MO MSA 32 23 6 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 3044 2551 102 81 310 10 Salinas* CA MSA 282 265 0 0 17 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2593 2120 20 65 388 34 San Angelo* TX MSA 73 73 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 2537 1983 6 4 544 27 San Diego CA MSA 5250 2643 92 245 2270 114 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 6705 3127 44 119 3415 122 Oakland CA PMSA 2335 1286 6 20 1023 58 San Francisco CA PMSA 723 333 12 14 364 11 San Jose CA PMSA 2292 501 6 28 1757 38 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 435 204 0 3 228 11 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 463 370 20 51 22 2 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 457 433 0 3 21 2 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 612 525 6 15 66 4 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 260 196 6 4 54 6 Santa Fe* NM MSA 134 130 4 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 2477 2033 6 112 326 36 Savannah* GA MSA 487 417 4 0 66 6 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 123 95 0 3 25 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 5634 4342 174 148 970 57 Bremerton WA PMSA 350 326 6 0 18 1 Olympia WA PMSA 442 396 26 0 20 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 3537 2431 110 130 866 45 Tacoma WA PMSA 1305 1189 32 18 66 10 Sharon* PA MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 59 53 6 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 272 272 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 364 227 0 4 133 3 South Bend* IN MSA 209 153 6 0 50 1 Spokane* WA MSA 411 351 20 7 33 4 Springfield* IL MSA 156 133 20 3 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 602 430 34 11 127 8 Springfield* MA MSA 120 101 10 0 9 1 State College* PA MSA 304 88 0 0 216 16 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 1555 1475 0 0 80 12 Sumter* SC MSA 188 129 6 0 53 5 Syracuse* NY MSA 182 149 0 8 25 5 Tallahassee* FL MSA 854 640 54 0 160 6 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 7530 4796 108 29 2597 140 Terre Haute* IN MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 125 89 36 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 564 349 12 3 200 14 Topeka* KS MSA 202 147 0 31 24 3 Tucson* AZ MSA 1366 1328 12 12 14 2 Tulsa* OK MSA 995 884 2 0 109 10 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 228 208 0 0 20 3 Tyler* TX MSA 107 85 0 3 19 3 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 575 480 8 0 87 12 Waco* TX MSA 196 140 34 6 16 3 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 12012 8802 14 20 3176 115 Baltimore MD PMSA 1958 1573 0 7 378 19 Hagerstown MD PMSA 267 252 0 0 15 3 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 9787 6977 14 13 2783 93 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 47 45 2 0 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 159 112 8 0 39 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 3276 2473 16 7 780 44 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 472 456 12 4 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 137 75 2 48 12 2 Wilmington* NC MSA 1179 834 2 8 335 19 Yakima* WA MSA 86 68 12 6 0 0 York* PA MSA 322 302 8 0 12 2 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 166 151 0 0 15 3 Yuba City* CA MSA 151 149 2 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 371 371 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.